So to my question to Mephistopholes as to what basis he was judging certain things to be wrong, and Christians for both affirming them (by acknowledging the truth of Scripture) and condemning them, we are given this response:
http://www.philosophyforum.com/forum...l-purpose.html
http://www.philosophyforum.com/forum...not-wrong.html
So we check out these two links and find that one of them says, "Life will still be life, and then you'll die, and nothing will matter. Nothing matters. Not even our own lives. Why would we matter if we simply and utterly die? The mind is such a fragile thing, and when it ends, it can never come back."
I guess I'm wondering how nihilistic statements like this answer the question of what basis Mephistopholes is using to criticize Christianity. How does nihilism provide the foundation for the criticism of any belief, let alone Christianity? If nothing matters, then how can you have any moral basis for saying that something else is immoral, or wrong? What precisely is wrong, from a nihilistic perspective, with affirming moral beliefs and believing a document in which they are committed, apparently with approval?
Then we check out the 2nd link, where we find statements like this one, "There is no universal physical law saying murder is wrong. There are laws basically etched into stone declaring murder illegal, but what makes murder wrong? By virtue of being "illegal"? That's not a rational answer. What makes murder intrinsically, fundamentally wrong?"
Okay. So if you can't say murder is wrong, then on what basis are you saying hypocrisy is wrong?
Looks to me like you're hung by your own rope.